Mexican drug war news stories on NewserRead more Mexican drug war stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5404/mexican-drug-war.html2015 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorSun, 02 Aug 2015 15:19:09 CDThttp://img1-azcdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.pngMexican drug war news stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/http://www.newser.com/story/199235/mexico-to-dissolve-all-local-police-forces.htmlMexico to Dissolve All Local Police ForcesRob Quinn<img src='http://img1-azcdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=1001130&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20141128052727' border='0' />Mexican President Pena Nieto has promised sweeping reforms to the country's police amid nationwide outrage over the massacre of 43 students abducted by a local police force working with gang members. "Mexico must change," he said yesterday, unveiling plans to dissolve all 1,800 of the country's local police forces—...A man faces federal police as protestors attempted to break down a barrier in front of the National Palace in Mexico City last week.AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwellhttp://www.newser.com/story/199235/mexico-to-dissolve-all-local-police-forces.htmlFri, 28 Nov 2014 00:15:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/188446/us-horse-farm-was-front-for-vicious-cartel.htmlUS Horse Farm Was Front for Vicious CartelMatt Cantor<img src='http://img2-azcdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=982351&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20140614171532' border='0' />The Los Zetas drug cartel is known for beheadings and cutting off limbs while victims are still alive—and until authorities got involved, it was hiding millions of dollars behind an Oklahoma horse farm, NBC News reports. The farm was owned by Jose Trevino Morales, the little brother of two...In this June 12, 2012 file photo, FBI agents overlook a horse ranch under investigation in Lexington, Okla.AP Photo/Brett Deering, Filehttp://www.newser.com/story/188446/us-horse-farm-was-front-for-vicious-cartel.htmlSat, 14 Jun 2014 17:15:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/186380/anthony-bourdain-were-hypocrites-to-brother-mexico.htmlAnthony Bourdain: We're Hypocrites to 'Brother' MexicoMatt Cantor<img src='http://img1-azcdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=977656&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20140505135256' border='0' />Americans are deeply attached to what comes from Mexico, whether it's food, music, beaches, or the labor that we depend on even as we criticize immigration. "In two decades as a chef and employer, I never had one American kid walk in my door and apply for a dishwashing job,...In this Oct. 11, 2012 file photo, Anthony Bourdain is seen in New York.Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP Images, Filehttp://www.newser.com/story/186380/anthony-bourdain-were-hypocrites-to-brother-mexico.htmlMon, 05 May 2014 13:52:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/183851/drugs-no-longer-mexico-cartels-top-earner.htmlDrugs No Longer Mexico Cartel's Top EarnerRob Quinn<img src='http://img2-azcdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=972089&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20140317074118' border='0' />Mexico's Knights Templar cartel has diversified so much that instead of being a drug cartel, the organization that started out smuggling crystal meth is now more of an extortion, logging, and mining cartel with a profitable sideline in drugs, the AP finds. In the cartel's home state of Michoacan, illegal...A confiscated iron ore mining operation near the Pacific port of Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico. AP Photo/Eduardo Castillohttp://www.newser.com/story/183851/drugs-no-longer-mexico-cartels-top-earner.htmlMon, 17 Mar 2014 03:03:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/183511/mexico-we-killed-top-druglod-again.htmlMexico: We Killed Druglord ... AgainNeal Colgrass<img src='http://img1-azcdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=971308&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20140309161016' border='0' />Mexican officials say they killed a Mexican drug kingpin three years after the government supposedly killed him the first time, Reuters reports. Nazario Moreno was leader of the drug cartel La Familia when officials said he died in a two-day gunfight with government agents—but as his cartel morphed into...Nazario Moreno.Wikimedia Commonshttp://www.newser.com/story/183511/mexico-we-killed-top-druglod-again.htmlSun, 09 Mar 2014 16:06:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/182854/with-kingpin-gone-cartel-turf-war-loons.htmlWith Kingpin Gone, Cartel Turf War LoomsRob Quinn<img src='http://img2-azcdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=969909&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20140225073518' border='0' />The world's most powerful drug lord is now being held in an underground cell, but few expect Joaquin Guzman's arrest to stop either the flow of drugs or the flow of blood in Mexico's cartel wars. In Sinaloa, the state that gave its name to Guzman's cartel, people are braced...Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is photographed against a wall after his arrest in the Pacific resort city of Mazatlan, Mexico. AP Photo/PGRhttp://www.newser.com/story/182854/with-kingpin-gone-cartel-turf-war-loons.htmlTue, 25 Feb 2014 00:06:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/182769/worlds-top-drug-kingpin-in-underground-cell.htmlWorld's Top Drug Kingpin in Underground CellMatt Cantor<img src='http://img1-azcdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=969716&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20140223162653' border='0' />Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the head of the Sinaloa drug cartel, is being held in an underground cell near Mexico City following his arrest this weekend —and US federal prosecutors in New York want to extradite him. He's wanted in six districts in this country, NBC News reports: "I fully...In this image released by Mexico's Attorney General's Office Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is photographed against a wall after his arrest.AP Photo/PGRhttp://www.newser.com/story/182769/worlds-top-drug-kingpin-in-underground-cell.htmlSun, 23 Feb 2014 16:26:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/182039/mexico-arrests-suspected-drug-capo-wanted-in-us.htmlMexico Arrests Suspected Drug Capo Wanted in US<img src='http://img1-azcdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=968016&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20140210122013' border='0' />Mexican officials say federal police have arrested a man suspected of leading a drug cartel that moved 76 tons of cocaine into the US between 2000 and 2003. The US posted a $5 million reward for the capture of Tirso Martinez Sanchez, who was arrested yesterday in the city of...Stock photo<a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-109783121/stock-photo-close-up-arrested-man-handcuffed-hands-at-the-back.html?src=do-7FL2a05MzkG5F1WsMhA-1-3" target="_blank">Shutterstock</a>http://www.newser.com/story/182039/mexico-arrests-suspected-drug-capo-wanted-in-us.htmlMon, 10 Feb 2014 12:20:08 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/178257/mexican-killer-17-heads-to-freedom-in-texas.htmlMexican Killer, 17, Goes Free, Moves to TexasMatt Cantor<img src='http://img1-azcdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=959060&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20131127105614' border='0' />After serving three years in a Mexican detention center, a 17-year-old who says he killed four people has been released—and his next stop is San Antonio, Texas. There, the US-born Edgar Jimenez Lugo, also known as "El Ponchis," will be sent to a "support center," but he won't be...In this Dec. 3, 2010 file photo, Mexican soldiers present Edgar "El Ponchis" Jimenez Lugo to the media in the city of Cuernavaca, Mexico.AP Photo/Antonio Sierra, Filehttp://www.newser.com/story/178257/mexican-killer-17-heads-to-freedom-in-texas.htmlWed, 27 Nov 2013 07:17:45 CST